ART + CULTURE

Art and culture from Florence, Italy, focusing on exhibitions, museums, artisans and more.

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When computers look at art

Nowadays, computers are important tools for looking at art. Here's how.

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Refectory of San Marco Museum reopens

Having been partly closed since October 2023, the Refectory is now reopened, having undergone renovation and introducing a new layout.

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Up close + personal: Louis Fratino at Centro Pecci

Household settings and tender scenes of everyday queer life abound in this show in Prato.

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Talking about Helen Frankenthaler

Ahead of the opening of the 20th-century American artist’s exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi, we sat down with Douglas Dreishpoon, the show’s curator and director of the Helen Frankenthaler Catalogue Raisonné, ...

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Galleria Fossi 33: Where beauty meets handpicked art

Antiques and vintage objects are displayed in via dei Fossi based on the owners' tastes and preferences.

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Rediscovering Giotto: a learning opportunity at Santa Croce

Take a guided tour of the restoration site in the Bardi Chapel from October 2024 to July 2025.

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3 antique dealers in Florence

From via Maggio to via dei Fossi, Florence's art galleries are internationally renowned.

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Street art returns to shutters along via Palazzuolo

15 artists paint the street fronts of 15 local businesses.

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Giuseppe Garibaldi’s divorce

At the age of 52, Giuseppe Garibaldi would make a hasty romantic decision that he would regret for the next 20 years.

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Mona Lisa and Sant’Orsola

Article by Martin Kemp + Giuseppe Pallanti

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Rewriting history: Katherine Mezzacappa’s ‘The Maiden of Florence’

The author elaborates on her recent work of historical fiction.

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(Re)discovering Sant’Orsola with Morgane Lucquet Laforgue

A talk with the museum director who took the reins of the Sant'Orsola project in 2022.

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The Decameron: Netflix v. the book

Just how close is the new series to Boccaccio's 14th-century masterpiece?

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8 summer reads about Italy

Historical fiction, cookbooks and memoirs to see you through the season.

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New rooms open at the Uffizi

Ancient marbles and Flemish masters now have their own dedicated spaces.

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Teatro Niccolini: A theatrical renaissance in Florence

Don't miss Jeff Goldblum at Teatro Niccolini on September 20, 2024.

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Revelations exhibition at Museo Sant’Orsola

Juliette Minchin and Marta Roberti display impactful art in the former city-centre convent.

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Jacopo di Cione’s Madonna della Neve altarpiece restored

Friends of Florence fund restoration and relocation of Renaissance work.

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Ada Boni

Cookbook author, editor and educator

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Crafting a publication: The Magazine Club

The Magazine Club is a group of artists, run by artists.

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Teddy McDonald makes over menus

Menus at the Oltrarno restaurant feature the Italian-themed artworks until September.

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Lola Costa exhibition at Il Palmerino

"Return Home" features the estate’s garden, fruits and flowers with early twentieth-century flair.

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